Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
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Microsoft has taken a lot of effort developing the phone first.
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No doubt, I'm sure, the senior executives at Microsoft were pretty upset (with the latest Vista delay). Steven has a track record of shipping products (and he can) potentially take the reins and get the thing out the door and fix whatever process problems there are.
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There's no doubt that Microsoft has the potential to become a major force in the mobile space.
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I don't think Microsoft plans on ceding this market to Apple or anyone else at this point in time. What that means in terms of tactical solutions, it's too early to tell. They're probably considering any number of different options.
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It represents a big win for Apple and the Mac platform. But Apple doesn't represent a threat to AOL's business. Apple isn't a media company; it's not in online services. It's not the same threat as when Microsoft wanted interoperability.
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It's a bigger deal in name than in substance, ... Microsoft added some bells and whistles, but it's not a dramatic release. Unless you have a pressing need for one of the specific features that were added, it's not a product that most users will want to upgrade to.
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Microsoft has been able to keep this product secret for a year. For Microsoft, that's absolutely incredible.
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It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it well.
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Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available.
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When it comes to consumer electronics, the longer you wait, it's always going to be smaller, faster, cheaper.
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The experience isn't going to be radically different for the Apple user after this. There will be some adjustment, some tweaks here and there, but it is not going to be a dramatically different experience.
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For the short term they're already on target with a good relationship. Apple's already reaped a lot of benefits.
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With Mozilla, its core essence has been this notion about doing things for free. So in that case, it is a little different because it somewhat changes the DNA the organization was built upon, and it comes back to the recognition that being paid for services is not necessarily a bad thing.
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We're talking about Apple, so it could be all of those things, none of those things, or something brand new.